Rise of the Guardians

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Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black (Jude Law) schemes to overthrow the Guardians by obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction.

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'Rise of the Guradians' has some good Dreamworks Animation humor and a lot of excitement. I feel like Dreamworks has been turning out more quality movies lately, and this one is no exception; Pixar and Disney have some serious competition. In addition to being entertaining, 'Guardians' has some heart, and a message about believing in good and overcoming fear. The animation is at its best, and the characters are all fun to watch--the fairies, elves, and yettis. This will be the family movie to see this holiday season.

I watched this show with my little girl and she seemed interested for a lot of it and didn't seem to scared with Mr. Pitch Black. Although it portrays different personas of characters we've all come to love (Santa Claus, The Sandman, Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, and the Tooth Fairy) it still kept me interested.
It's not a movie I care to own, nor will I watch it again soon, but the kids will probably like it and it's worth picking up at the Redbox.
As for the content, some kids might be scared by the nightmares or dark seemingly scary figures in the movie that represent the villain, however, I think a lot of children will do great with this one.

Rise of the Guardians is a fun adventure story that many kids will enjoy. There are some scary images that little kids may be frightened by, but the overall message of how to overcome darkness and despair through hope conquers and makes this show worth the watch.

I liked the twist on the traditional characters -- especially the Easter Bunny and Santa. My husband and I wanted to see more of the elves and the yeti's, they were hilarious. The only negative was the plot line was kind of sluggish and there was a point when you wondered if something new was going to happen. Overall it was a fun movie to watch though.

Great moive for adults and children over the age of 5. A few time during the moive I thought to myself "is this part of the moive appropriate for really young children?". Parts of the moive could be scary for young children.

The movie is based upon a series of picture books and chapter books. It is a fun children's movie where the humor is clean and the movie is enjoyable for all ages. Good pacing, beautiful art, and a great moral. Highly enjoyed the movie.

Mashing up all these mythical heroes into one overstuffed tale offers some moments of enchantment... With its fanciful razzle-dazzle, Rise of the Guardians is appealing, if slightly hectic, family fare... Read full review here

A good clean movie that the entire family can enjoy. The only real objection I had was that Santa Claus' arms are tattooed. However, this is not emphasized. During the battle scenes "night mares", made from Sand Man's sand, are destroyed. Probably the most disturbing scene of violence is when the Sand Man is shot with a black arrow by the dark enemy, Pitch (a.k.a. The Boggy Man). Overall my family really enjoys this movie.

ClearPlay has little to do in this family friendly adventure besides some very minor language mutes. Parents may want to preview the film before letting younger children watch it as Pitch‚Äôs nightmare horses and other elements might turn the young one‚Äôs dreams into nightmares for real... See Full Review

Rise of the Guardians is a story of the great protectors of childhood: The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, The Sandman, and The Tooth Fairy. These protectors are under attack from Pitch, who makes nightmares. The Guardians require the help of Jack Frost, who is searching for his own purpose in the world. There are deep issues in the storyline. Some imagery is a little dark for the youngest audience members. Issues of self discovery, jealousy, and fighting back against a bully seems a little too much for an animation film made for children. It sort of brings back my disastrous childhood when my parents forced me to watch Watership Down year after year. But, Rise of the Guardians does have a lot of talent behind the characters. There is ample character development along with the lesson that no person is self sustaining. The animation itself is beautiful, and although some scenes are very dark and moody, it does have a positive ending.

Wonderful story. I was skeptical at first, but then I truly fell in love with the movie. Good message for children about believing in yourself and finding your purpose in helping others. Little to no foul language that I recall.

I have small kids and my sister has teenagers. We all watched this together and everyone LOVED it!! There wasn't a lot of adult humor that we've come to expect even from children's movies. Even the scary parts were lessened by humor and a seriously cute little bunny.

I totally loved this show. It appealed to the my child side with the belief in magical and mythological guardians of the holidays banding together to save children's belief in them. I recommend taking a bit older kids to it though, I think the plot would be hard for younger kids to understand.

As a grandpa, it is a guilty pleasure to go with my grandkids to movies like this! I thought that it portrayed good moral lessons throughout - standing up for what is right - standing up against evil - being a true friend, etc. It was a very good movie!

The themes/dialogue might go over the head of a kid much younger than 8, but the content is acceptable to 3-4 year olds. It's a pretty, entertaining film, but somehow seems more cheesy that holiday films usually do.

This movie, which is targeted at older children (rather than pre-schoolers), explores the unconventional premise of establishing certain well-known mythical characters as superheroes...The movie unfolds at a brisk pace, with plenty of adventure, humor, and moments of surprising emotional depth.... not groundbreaking animation but a solidly entertaining 90 minutes for older children and adults... Read full review here